Germany, SS. A Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years, Type II Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with minor oxidation evident to

with minor oxidation evident to the core of the cross

suspended from a 444 mm long chain via a loop

and Calibration in August 1942

then returned to Ottawa for one day on September 8th

Germany, SS. A Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years, Type II Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with minor oxidation evident to(SS Dienstauszeichnung III. Stufe fr 8 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised swastika, overlaid by Sig runes which are in turn surrounded by a circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse bearing a raised number 8, overlaid by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS),